President Trump reacted to the news of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s retirement by bashing his political rival as “evil” and “overrated.”
Pelosi, 85, released a video message Thursday, telling her supporters that she’ll leave the House of Representatives after 40 years when her term in Congress ends in 2027.
Trump responded to that announcement with a text message sent to Fox News.
“The retirement of Nancy Pelosi is a great thing for America,” the president said in a statement read on air by Fox News personality Peter Doocy.
Pelosi didn’t mention Trump in her nearly six-minute farewell message, which thanked her fellow Californians and celebrated the Democrat’s time in the office. Her nearly four decades of service included being the first and only woman ever elected to serve as speaker of the House, and the the first to lead a major political party in either chamber of Congress.
“She was evil, corrupt and only focused on bad things for our country. She was rapidly losing control of her party and it was never coming back,” Trump texted Doocy. “I’m very honored she impeached me twice and failed miserably twice.”
Pelosi’s efforts to impeach Trump twice during his first term in office were successful, though the Senate voted not to expel the 45th president on both occasions.
“Nancy Pelosi is a highly overrated politician,” Trump concluded in his message.
Trump has previously referred to Pelosi as “Crazy Nancy” and joked about a 2022 home invasion in San Francisco that ended with Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband being smashed over the head with a hammer.
“How’s her husband doing by the way, anybody know?” he mockingly asked his laughing supporters during a 2023 speech.
Leading candidates to replace Pelosi as the representative to California’s 11th District include her daughter, Christine Pelosi, California State Sen. Scott Wiener and Saikat Chakrabarti, who served as former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
